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Smoking refers to the inhalation and exhalation of fumes from burning tobacco in cigars, cigarettes and pipes.

What is smoking?

So, What’s in a cigarette?

4000 Chemicals50 of those chemicals are known to cause cancer.

How Does Smoking Hurt Us?

Makes you cough!

Makes you tired!

Affects your sense of taste and smell.

It makes your breath and clothes smell bad!

The people who are smokers, these people are high risk of heart attack and stoke.

Bad Lung Good Lung

It’s not good for your lungs!

The Health Effects!Affects EVERY part of your body

Hair Brain Eyes Mouth – breath and teeth Yellow skin and wrinkles Difficulty in breathing Serious Diseases

Smoking prevalence; females (% of adults) in Bangladesh

Source: http://www.tradingeconomics.com

Smoking prevalence; males (% of adults) in Bangladesh

Source: http://www.tradingeconomics.com

Reasons to Quit Health Stinks, bad breath, yellow

skin Family/Friends Too much money! Peer pressure (fewer smokers) Fewer places to smoke Don’t like it anymore sick of it Others…

So how do I quit? Form a plan – decide on the best

approach for you.

Two ways to quit1. All at once2. Cutting back

Based on the way you want to quit there are a lot of tools out there to help you.

Programs & Supports

Patch and Gum Nicotine Inhaler Smokers’ Helpline Internet Resources

Teacher, School Counselor, Nurse, Doctor, Friend/Family

Programs

Supports

… when you can’t breathe nothing else matters!

So, Saying “NO” to Smoking.